Croatian Ajvar

This weeks world recipe comes from Croatia. Ajvar is a multi-functional dish that is used as a dip, a side dish, or even a sauce.

Ingredients:

2 lg Eggplants

6 lg Red or green sweet peppers

salt

pepper

1 garlic clove; minced

1 lemon; juiced

1/2 c oil, preferably olive oil

parsley; minced

Directions:

Bake Eggplants and sweet peppers at 350 F until tender when pierced with a fork. Peel skin from hot vegetables and chop or mince the vegetables. Season to taste with salt and pepper and stir in the garlic and lemon juice. Gradually stir in as much of the oil as the vegetables will absorb. Mix well. Pile into a glass dish and sprinkle with parsley.

2 Comments

while I was visiting germany, my friends next door neighbor gave us a sauce. We put it on pasta. It was soooooooo good we asked for more and got to eat it three times during our wonderful visit. I am hoping to duplicate it as close as possible. Thanks in advance for any information

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